354: Chapter 152 You and I are both people who have fallen on hard times 354: Chapter 152 You and I are both people who have fallen on hard times The blond man is named Max, a Nordic, currently a Cardinal Monk at the headquarters of the Longevity Sect.
In layman’s terms, that’s the Sect Hierarch’s secretary.
How to describe this guy…
You can’t tell he’s particularly brilliant, but he’s quite shrewd and knows how to read the situation.
Seeing that Xia Yubing had no interest in money, he immediately proposed a more tempting condition—escape!
“Do you know how to get out?”
Li Mumu was highly skeptical of this.
The last time she entered “Moat,” it was all thanks to Wendy’s intelligence that she managed to escape at the critical moment.
Now, let alone Wendy, this blasted place is a total wreck, where could you even find a complete door?
“Of course, I’m not joking with you, we’ve been studying this ‘Mirror City’ for a long time.”
Max, who had just been hiding in a coffin and giving off the scent of roast meat, immediately perked up, his gray-green eyes sneakily scanning back and forth between the two girls inside the coffin.
Let’s be clear, coming across women lying in coffins in a place like this, especially those dressed in red, can in no way count as luck.
But compared to those demons outside, it’s a hundred times better.
He himself isn’t exactly a good bird, so it didn’t really matter to him.
“Defense belts, high walls, moat…
there are many different terms for this dimension, but actually, they all refer to the same thing.
Essentially, they are world fragments pulled over by the Astronomy Bureau to serve as barriers.”
Composing himself and clearing his throat, Max said seriously, “We in the Longevity Sect call this place Mirror City.
As long as you can find a mirror surface, or even a water surface would do, you can return to the Real World…”
“There definitely isn’t a single drop of water left outside now.”
Li Mumu couldn’t help but retort.
The ghosts are almost roasted dry, where would you find water?
“A mirror would work too!
Surely you ladies must have small mirrors with you?”
Max asked eagerly.
Xia Yubing and Li Mumu exchanged glances, and Li Mumu shook her head.
She didn’t even know where her luggage was.
Xia Yubing lifted her hand and pulled out a Bronze Mirror from the inner side of the coffin lid: “Will this do?”
“Absolutely, it will!”
Max was ecstatic and reached out to grab it, only to be smacked on the head with an iron chain, bleeding profusely from the injury.
“You know, I don’t actually want to go out that much,” Xia Yubing said, holding the Bronze Mirror and asked Li Mumu, “But I can send you back.”
She was at a critical point in her cultivation, preparing to Advance, and naturally, remaining still was better than moving.
Once the big shots outside got tired, she could just follow them back and sleep.
But as for Li Mumu…
as long as she could get him out as soon as possible, she didn’t care where to send him.
Li Mumu was quite tempted, but after thinking it over, she hesitated, “I don’t have an anchor in the Real World, will I be immediately kicked back to my original world?”
“Where were you originally?”
“I should be…
in a place called the Thousand-Year Dynasty, which is basically the Netherworld?”
“Eh?”
Xia Yubing exclaimed in surprise, “You’re also a resident of the Thousand-Year Dynasty?
Which palace were you in?”
“Sun Family Town…”
“What place is Sun Family Town?”
“Outside the Imperial City, West Spring Mountain.”
“Isn’t there nothing outside the Imperial City?
There’s actually a mountain?”
Seeing Xia Yubing’s curious face, Li Mumu had no choice but to start explaining from the beginning.
Of course, considering that Max, a foreigner, was present, she did not divulge her background in great detail.
She only mentioned that she used to be Princess Ping’an of the Thousand-Year Dynasty and was abducted by a Maitreya Monk who claimed to be from the Longevity Sect.
She was taken to the outskirts of the city and blood-sacrificed to become the Red-Clothed Fierce Ghost, now occupying Sun Family Town, accepting offerings and worship from nomads, and dubbed with the title Reddy Shroud.
“I also know Master Maitreya!”
With a cheeky smile, after eavesdropping on Li Mumu’s narrative, Max sidled up and said, “Your Highness, we’re actually not enemies.
I think you must be misunderstanding Master Maitreya.
If you want to stay in the Real World, I also have a way…”
“What way?”
Li Mumu’s eyes lit up.
“It’s quite simple, as long as you become a Guardian Venerable of our Longevity Sect, you can enjoy the incense offerings of the sect and be summoned by the faithful at any time, descending into the Real World.”
Max said it lightheartedly, causing Xia Yubing to let out a scornful snort, “Wasn’t the Longevity Sect completely destroyed?”
“Only the headquarters in Tianmen City was destroyed.”
Max looked at the two girls in front of him, who seemed naive, and a crafty smile appeared on his face: “I see that both of you have extraordinary skills not inferior to others.
Our meeting here today must be a form of fate.
Just as the Longevity Sect has suffered this catastrophe, nearly all of its protectors have been slaughtered by the Special Service Bureau.
If no one inherits their incense offerings, I’m afraid it will all go to waste.”
“How about I recommend both of you to join the sect?
We can each get what we need and be very pleased.
How does that sound?”
Hearing this, even Xia Yubing began to feel tempted.
She wasn’t sure whether Li Mumu needed incense offerings, but she certainly did, otherwise she wouldn’t have needed to place her own spirit tablet and photo in front of her coffin, offering incense to herself…
But this guy…
to tell the truth, he just looks too crafty and sleazy to be trustworthy.
After a moment of silence, Xia Yubing asked in a low voice, “If you’re talking about each taking what we need, what do you want?”
Max chuckled slyly: “The Sect Hierarch is dead, and although I don’t know the password to his safe, I do know where he hid it.
If you take me back with you, we can split the money in the safe!”
“Hasn’t it already been seized by the Special Service Bureau by now?”
“Impossible, that was his private safe, he never told anyone about it.
I only guessed where it was by a stroke of luck.”
Max was full of confidence.
Xia Yubing turned to exchange a glance with Li Mumu.
Should we go?
Let’s go, what’s there to be afraid of?
The worst-case scenario is just getting caught and taken back.
Li Mumu was fearless.
It wasn’t like she had escaped from prison on her own initiative, and even if she took a huge step back…
Qiao Hongyi must have anticipated this, after all.
That person had said such a thing to him.
Xia Yubing turned back, handing the bronze mirror to Max with a cold voice, “If you dare to deceive us…”
“Why would I deceive you?
What good would cheating you do for me?”
Max spread his hands helplessly: “Right now, we’re all grasshoppers tied to the same rope.
If we don’t cooperate sincerely, is it you who can contend with the Special Service Bureau, or is it me?
Let’s be honest, and no offense—but it’s those big shots out there who are fighting and scheming that have the right to set traps for each other.
The three of us hiding here, what’s the point of you plotting against me or me against you?”
That’s great, very well spoken, but don’t say it again next time!
Li Mumu felt like her self-esteem had taken a critical hit.
Max took the bronze mirror, pinched his fingers together to cast the spell, and then grabbed the mirror and flipped it over with the back of his hand.
“Anchoring successful!”
Li Mumu jolted suddenly and when she came to her senses, she found herself standing on a brick floor surrounded by silence, under the sky hung a full moon.
Moonlight gently poured down, making her feel as though she was bathing in warm water.
Today is the night of the full moon!